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[Teaser] What Miguel de Icaza Really Thinks of the CEO of Microsoft GitHub

Miguel de Icaza on Nat
Miguel de Icaza was speaking about Nat Friedman (both work at Microsoft)



Summary: Following the opening of a new series about Microsoft GitHub we drop a little teaser today; we expect dozens of parts to be released in the coming weeks/months as facts are being validated and organised

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